Norman W. Cox Award

The Norman W. Cox Award is for the Best Article Published in Baptist History & Heritage Journal.

Norman W. Cox served as the first executive secretary-treasurer of the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1951 to 1959. In his honor, the Historical Commission established the Norman W. Cox Award in April 1975. The endowment for the award was transferred to the Southern Baptist Historical Society® prior to the dissolution of the Historical Commission in June 1997. The purpose of the award is to encourage the writing of high-quality articles in Baptist history. Presented by the editor during the annual meeting of the Baptist History and Heritage Society, the award goes to the person judged to have written the best article published in Baptist History and Heritage in the preceding calendar year.

1975 Ira V. (Jack) Birdwhistell, “The Continental Anabaptists and the Early English Baptists: A Review and Analysis of Research,” QR, January 1974

Award presented by the SBC Historical Commission in 1975-1977, by the Southern Baptist Historical Society® in 1978-2000, and by the Baptist History and Heritage Society in 2001-present. Publications in which articles appeared: BH&H =Baptist History and Heritage; QR=The Quarterly Review

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